“…In this framework, fluorescence spectroscopy-based detection of PA has become one of the most acceptable and reliable techniques compared to the other conventional ones (e.g., gas chromatography and ion-mobility spectrometer) because of its good sensitivity, time efficiency, and technical simplicity . In recent years, carbon dots (CDs), a quasi-0D carbon-based nanomaterial with a size below 20 nm, have garnered enormous popularity as a versatile fluorescent probe in place of the conventionally used organic dyes, conjugated polymers, metal organic frameworks, quantum dots, ,− and so forth, ascribable to their tunable photoluminescence property, non-toxic nature, aqueous solubility, abundance of surface functional groups, high stability, good photo stability, and electron mobility. ,− …”